| 21-27
April, 2010
International
Workshop for Senior Officials on Population
and Climate Change
Taicang, China —
Government
of the Peoples Republic of China and
PPD organized an International Workshop
for Senior Officials on Population
and Climate Change in Taicang China
from 21-27 April 2010. His Excellency,
Mr. Lu Liusheng, Deputy Party Secretary
and Mayor of Taicang City inaugurated
the workshop while Mr. Hu Hongtao,
Deputy Director-General, Department
of International Cooperation, National
Population and Family Planning Commission
of China (NPFPC),Ms. Mariam Khan,
Deputy Representative of United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) in China and
Harry S. Jooseery Executive Director
Of PPD were present on this occasion.
Executive
Director of PPD in his opening speech
mentioned about the linkage between
Population and climate change. He
added, none of these challenges can
be addressed in isolation as they
are all ultimately connected by cause
and effect. "We need policies
that are just and equitable and put
people at the centre… our aim
should be to ensure that the public
initiative focuses on all of those
factors, so that the ICPD remains
at the heart of population policies.
The Cairo Program of Action was a
ground breaking document in creating
a rights-based approach to family
planning, population and sustainable
development" he said.
This
international workshop is being organized
in the context of a Memorandum of
Understanding that the Government
of China and Partners in Population
and Development signed a few years
ago with the objective to strengthen
capacity building in developing countries.
100 professionals are expected to
be trained yearly on issues related
to RH, Population, Environment and
Development.
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